PlanetSide Reviews

Action Vault: All in all, Planetside is an excellent game and definitely worth a shot if you're thinking about buying it.

Adrenaline Vault (Seal of Excellence): From the moment I first stepped onto the surface of Auraxis, I was hooked.

Computer and Video Games.com (82/100): The mother of all online battles.

Game Chronicles Magazine (9/10): PlanetSide takes a staple genre and breaths new life into it while delivering an adrenaline rush rarely found in the virtual world.

GameAxis (8.2/10): Veterans of the FPS genre will have a field day with it, and will surely spend countless nights and broken social relationships to play PlanetSide for hours on end.

GameInformer (9.25/10): My first night with PlanetSide, I found myself doing just about everything. From defending outposts to making hot-drops into enemy territory, the game delivers a very compelling experience from log on to log off.

GamePro.com (4.5/5): PlanetSide's neverending conflict and rewarding squad experience should be a godsend to FPS gamers out there looking for a huge and widely varied play experience.

Gamer's Pulse (44/50 - Editor's Choice): This is the only game that you can play currently with FPS battles featuring over one hundred players in a small area battling over a base.

GamesDomain (4.5/5): PlanetSide's exciting mix of action and strategy is a breath of fresh FPS air.

TechTV (4/5): Massively multiplayer done right.

PlanetSide Previews

Adrenaline Vault
"the persistent world that PlanetSide brings to the table offers a variety of possibilities beyond anything else in the market."

GameSpy
"We could spend hours talking about all the different weapons, items, vehicles and skills present in PlanetSide."

GameSpot
"There are seemingly dozens of choices in how to be an effective soldier in PlanetSide, and from the brief taste we've had so far, we're eager to try out more of them."

ActionTrip
"Personally, I am counting the hours until I can play again."

Gamers Depot
"Imagine a game that displays the adrenaline soaked action found in the hottest First Person Shooter combined with the group oriented strategies and personal experience systems of a Role Playing Game."

Gaming Nexus
"even non-FPS players can find something fun."

Official Press Releases

SAN DIEGO, CA - April 15, 2003: Open Beta Announcement
SAN DIEGO, CA - May 5, 2003: Game Launch Date Announced 
SAN DIEGO, CA October 29, 2003: PlanetSide: Core Combat Ships